The Russian guided bomb exploded next to public buses filled with passengers.
World
7:21am
As the war drags through its fifth year, the need for personnel is increasingly acute, commanders and analysts say.
Thursday 7:21pm
The strike came after two days of Russian assaults forced the full or partial closure of three of Kyiv’s six road bridges over the Dnipro River.
Mon, Oct 5
Russian aerial attacks forced the partial closure of three bridges over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said, in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the city.
Sat, Oct 3
Kyiv has felt like a city under siege in recent weeks, with repeated air raid alerts, punctuated by loud explosions from drone and missile strikes.
Fri, Oct 2
The relentless daily attacks underscore the lack of significant progress in diplomatic efforts to end the fighting more than four years after Russia invaded its neighbour.
Tue, Sep 22
With over 95% of the vote counted, the top Kremlin party, United Russia, stands to get more than three-fourths of the seats in the lower house.
Putin's grip on power looks set to tighten after Russia's first wartime parliamentary election, held as Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks of the war.
Mon, Sep 21
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 450 drones had been destroyed en route to the Russian capital.
Sun, Sep 20
The Polish PM says Russia will pretend the attacks are “accidental” in order to “paralyse or at least weaken the motivation of NATO countries" to rush to the defence.
Fri, Sep 18
Authorities didn’t comment on the drone’s origin or purpose, but two senior officials said the device was likely carrying explosives.
Wed, Sep 16
Attacks on Saudi and Russian oil infrastructure, plus a shuttered Strait of Hormuz, are driving fuel prices higher.
New Zealand
Mon, Sep 14
The US President blamed the strikes for a global diesel shortage as prices in the US hit a record high.
Russian strikes killed eight civilians and wounded dozens of others in Ukraine, local officials said, after Putin warned that sending European troops would amount to direct conflict with Russia.
Sun, Sep 13
More than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, a senior British defence official said.
Sat, Sep 12
The Defence Force will also continue providing intelligence, liaison and logistics support in Europe.
Tue, Sep 8
Strikes on oil refineries have caused a summer fuel crisis in the nation.
Sun, Aug 16
The ballistic missile strike came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Kyiv with senior representatives of Raytheon, the US company that makes the Patriot air defence systems.
Sat, Jul 25
He has shrugged off the setback for one of the world’s leading oil-producing nations as “not critical".
Sun, Jul 5
Three companies are under investigation for allegedly exporting prohibited assets, with a Christchurch home seized as inquiries continue.
Crime and Justice
Mon, Jun 29
The New Zealand Defence Force has joined a multi-national initiative led by Norway to train the troops.
Thu, May 21
Kiwi K.A.R.E founder Tenby Powell is supporting Ukrainians to survive their harshest winter of the war by donating stoves and water boilers.
Sun, Feb 1
An investigation found that Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia under the false promise of civilian work, only to be thrust into the chaos of combat in Ukraine.
Wed, Jan 28
Long daily blackouts caused by Russia’s bombardment of power plants and transmission lines have made working elevators a luxury.
Sun, Jan 25
Addressing the World Economic Forum, Zelensky listed a litany of grievances and criticisms of Europe that he said have left Ukraine at the mercy of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Fri, Jan 23
